Joseph Jenks Middle School

Set in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, Joseph Jenks Middle School is a mid-tier middle-grades school, overseen by Pawtucket. It teaches 697 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts it 33% larger than the typical public school in Rhode Island, which averages around 523 students.

Pawtucket runs 16 schools in total, collectively educating 7,708 students. Joseph Jenks Middle School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Joseph Jenks Middle School logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 38%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder consists of 28% Black, 20% White, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 26% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.7:1, putting Joseph Jenks Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 80% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Providence County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, Providence County reports that median household income runs about $78,787, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Providence County's 206 public schools (combined enrollment of about 88,799 students), Joseph Jenks Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Jacqueline M. Walsh School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Joseph Jenks Middle School.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Joseph Jenks Middle School has climbed 14%, going from 614 students in 2018 to 697 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 29% to 20% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.

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